The Marshal’s Wife is Wild
Chapter 123 - 122: League Round 8, After Six Months

Chapter 123: Chapter 122: League Round 8, After Six Months

"We need to be on guard 24 hours a day. What if you encounter a star beast attack at night?"

Wen You’s tone seemed used to it.

Qu Tong inwardly sympathized with them, but that was all it was—sympathy.

Qu Tong gave Wen You, Cheng Feng, and Si Yuting each a box of exotic beast meat soup and a box of cherry tomatoes to take back with them. Given the scarcity of resources, they weren’t fussy about having a balanced meal with both meat and vegetables, not to mention rice.

Although Qu Tong didn’t have lunchboxes, Wen You did.

As long as it didn’t affect the fairness of the competition, it was perfectly flexible for instructors to interact with students, according to the rules.

After Wen You left, Xu An and others couldn’t wait to start eating.

Qu Tong had cooked a lot. Even without other side dishes, a potful of savory exotic beast meat was enough to satisfy them.

If they didn’t finish it, it would go to waste the next day, so the people from Fei Wenxing even finished off the soup.

Qu Tong watched them, somewhat dumbfounded, "Are you all full? Do you want me to cook some more?"

They all expressed that they were full and didn’t forget to praise Qu Tong’s cooking skills profusely.

Although the exotic beast meat at the competition site was free, they had neither purification liquid nor the skills to cook it, so they usually had to rely on tasteless nutrient solution to get by.

"Eat some fruit after the meal to cut through the greasiness," Qu Tong suggested, bringing out the cherry tomatoes to share.

"Sister Tong, I won’t eat any. I’m too stuffed," said Cheng Yao regretfully.

Qu Tong then offered them to Xu An and the others. Xu An also smiled awkwardly, indicating he was full too.

In the end, only the three girls ate some.

Qu Tong thought of a saying she had seen online and felt it was particularly apt.

When men say they are full, it means eating another bite would make them vomit, while when women say they are full, it means they can still snack on fruits and desserts and maybe even flaunt a cup of milk tea.

Perhaps because they were well-fed and hydrated, they all felt their spirits had greatly improved.

Sitting around the campfire, they discussed who would keep watch that night.

In the interstellar era, those with high physical fitness also had relatively good body condition, so staying up all night was not a big deal.

But the concern was that everyone had been fighting all day, with too much physical and spiritual power spent, necessitating proper rest to prepare for tomorrow’s battle.

"I’ll take the night watch, and you all get some sleep," Qu Tong suggested.

"No way, you’re too frail to keep watch," Xu An was the first to disagree.

"Yeah, Sister Tong, you’re a delicate girl. How can we let you take the night watch? We, the men, should do it," Cheng Yao added.

"Although I’m a woman, I’m not weak. I can take the night watch too," Song Ke raised her hand.

"I’ve had the easiest time in our team. Aside from collecting herbs and traveling, I haven’t used much energy. It’s better I keep watch than having you do it and fall asleep," Qu Tong reasoned with everyone.

"But we can’t let you keep watch alone, I wouldn’t feel at ease. Let me do it," Xu An insisted.

"Sister Tong, you rest. We’ll take over. How are you going to lead us to find star beasts tomorrow if you don’t rest well?" Fei Wenxing persuaded.

In his mind, Qu Tong’s role was much more significant than theirs.

Adapting to everyone’s concern, Qu Tong didn’t flat-out reject it but said:

"Given your current condition, it makes the most sense for me to take the night watch. I might have an F-grade physique, but as you have seen, I exercise regularly and am not as weak as you imagine. Keeping watch won’t affect tomorrow’s schedule."

"But..." Although they knew Qu Tong made sense, they hesitated, feeling it wasn’t right.

"How about this, I’ll keep watch the first half of the night, and let He Zhou take over for the second half," Qu Tong offered a compromise.

Since He Zhou didn’t have a mecha and because of her energy liquid, she had the most spiritual power left among them.

"I have no objections," He Zhou said.

The others reluctantly accepted the arrangement.

"I didn’t use much energy either, I can take the night shift with Prince Consort Sister." Rong Yueqing spoke up in time.

"That’s fine."

Qu Tong didn’t reject the offer, to spare Rong Yueqing any unease.

But since Rong Yueqing was of a weaker constitution, and had exhausted a significant amount of spiritual power during the final wave of Mecha operation, she fell asleep against a tree within two hours, and Qu Tong didn’t wake her.

Releasing her spiritual power, Qu Tong also leaned against the trunk and closed her eyes to rest and rejuvenate.

*

After receiving a communication from Wen You, Si Yuting completed the remaining patrol tasks and handed them over before returning to the training base.

Si Yuting took the meal box from Wen You, and his eyes flickered when he saw the familiar note attached to it.

This time the note wasn’t rolled up, it was directly pasted on the meal box, but its adorable handwriting made it immediately recognizable to him.

Having frequently received his little wife’s feeding, he had gone from initially being at a loss to now accepting it with grace.

The feeling was quite pleasant.

He had also been following the competition, and his little wife’s performance was quite impressive.

Although she didn’t join the battle, as a team captain, she truly excelled.

Composed and calm, commanding appropriately, acting decisively, she enabled each team member to leverage their strengths.

He really wondered, how many more pleasant surprises she had hidden within her.

Tonight, Si Yuting was the only one on duty in the command center, and without any trouble, he began to open the meal box on the spot.

A box of soup, a plate of cherry tomatoes.

With the first sip, Si Yuting detected something different.

The more powerful a person’s spiritual power, the more precise their perception of its fluctuations; thus, even though he was currently not lacking in spiritual power, he still sensed the energy in the soup.

Thinking about their competition situation, he quickly guessed that Energy Liquid had been added to the soup.

After finishing the food, Si Yuting checked the level of spiritual power replenishment and the conclusion caused him a slight shock.

She had asked Wu Yue to inquire and found that Miss Ali’s God of Wealth Temple had sold Energy Liquid, and he had also seen that review video.

Another bottle of Energy Liquid had been acquired through his efforts and was startlingly effective in restoring spiritual power, now it was being subjected to various research at the Cheng Family.

The Energy Liquid found by the Sixth Army Corps in the black market shared similarities with that from Miss Ali’s God of Wealth Temple.

Effective, using Nutrient Solution test tubes, with no markings on the bottle.

Now that this Energy Liquid appeared in Qu Tong’s hands, he was almost certain it came directly from either Miss Ali or Elder Yuan.

Si Yuting stroked the note, his eyes lowering as he pondered.

It was already past midnight unknowingly, and a reminder popped up on the light computer that was left on.

Si Yuting looked down at the calendar where he had marked a reminder half a year ago, feeling somewhat distracted.

Clicking into the reminder screen, he saw the marriage registration interface again after half a year had passed.

In his mind, he vividly recalled the eyes filled with gentle laughter under the blue ring and silver moon, brimming with starlight, lively and bright, yet cunning like a fox.

Looking at the note in his palm, the content was brief, just a few words: "Your Highness, you’ve worked hard."

At the end was a hand-drawn, cute expression.

The form of address had changed, even on paper, to "Your Highness."

The always self-disciplined, aloof, and noble Imperial Marshal chuckled, his long fingers clicked on the light computer, removing the remarks one by one.

Then, he carefully rolled the note.

And kept it safe.

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